[Retr0id]

It's also, unfortunately, not literally/universally true. There are plenty of jurisdictions and contexts in which it is a crime.

[xnickb]

A friend of mine had to swear on a holy book to not use VPN upon returning to their country of origin.

[jvanderbot]

This would make me nervous, but also optimistic that it's difficult to detect? Otherwise why use hell as a deterrent?

[Vilian]

Or just bigger leverage, the crime isn't using the VPN, but lying or dishonoring the holy book

[markhahn]

Which were you thinking of?

I can imagine Iran has some effort to discourage use of VPNs, though of course everyone does.

I thought China simply made it easy to stay within the Great Firewall, and moderately difficult to get out.

[Retr0id]

There's a decent overview here: https://www.gp-digital.org/world-map-of-encryption/

[arnonejoe]

I don’t understand this. If you live in the US and use a service like ProtonMail, has a crime been committed? Are there any examples here in the US or anywhere else of arrests/prosecutions being made over encryption? I’ve never heard of any??

[gruez]

He's probably talking about authoritarian regimes like China or whatever.

[RIMR]

There are places that are not the United States.

[Retr0id]

I don't live in the US